A former sheriff is expected to be sentenced in federal court on Wednesday.
A former Ohio sheriff was sentenced to 100 months in federal court on Wednesday. will spend more than eight years in prison for committing civil rights violations while employed as a sheriff's deputy in Pike County, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.Mooney was convicted in August on two counts of violating a victim's constitutional rights by pepper-spraying and punching an inmate, Thomas Friend, in the head, while Friend was restrained, the DOJ said.
“This defendant is being sentenced for the violent assault of an inmate who was confined to a restraint chair and unable to protect himself or escape from the abuse,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “All people in our country have a right to be free from excessive force by law enforcement officers."Mooney transported Friend from jail to the Pike County Sherriff's Office before placing him in the restraint chair.
Mooney used force against the prisoner for more than an hour and pepper-sprayed him directly in the face, the DOJ said., also was indicted after being accused of failing to intervene with the unlawful use of force by Mooney. He pleaded guilty in July as part of a plea deal. Stansberry was sentenced to six months in prison and three years supervised release this month.
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